Legalism “What About”
- Legalism is putting a bunch of ____________________ on to people in the name of God, that God did not put on them.
- The lie of legalism: you have to get your act together _____________ you can come to Christ for a relationship.
- The lie says that _________________ has to come before __________________________.
- We tend to spell religion as ___________, but real faith in Jesus is spelled _________________.
Titus 3:5-8a, “He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that, having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life. 8 This is a trustworthy saying… These things are excellent and profitable for everyone.”
Ephesians 2:8, ”For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.”
- We reduce spirituality to _____________________________.
Luke 11:46, ”Jesus replied, ‘And you experts in the law, woe to you, because you load people down with burdens they can hardly carry, and you yourselves will not lift one finger to help them.’”
Matthew 23:4, “They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.”
See: Matthew 5:17-20